Numerical simulations

NUMERICAL MODELING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

The mechanical behaviour of composite materials has been simulated numerically without analytical homogenization with Deform 2D, a fully non-linear bidimensional software working on a Mac...

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Numerical simulation of explosives and gun powder

ICT, Karlsruhe, 1994. A microcomputer software has been developed for simulating the dynamical mechanical behaviour of non-linear materials, such as viscoplasticity and fracture. The comp...

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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A BREAKING WAVE

A microcomputer program using a simple finite differences algorithm has been devised and applied to the simulation of the movement of a water wave generated by a piston-type wavemaker mo...

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Shape of a Tree Branch

The shape of tree branches has been computed using the theory of flexure of beams combined with growth. The coupling between elastic bending and growth results in a branch shape having an...

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Simulation numérique d'une vague déferlante

ATMA Conference, 1988 A microcomputer program using a simple finite differences algorithm has been devised and applied to the simulation of the movement of a water wave generated by a pis...

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Simulation numérique de la rupture dynamique

Deform 2D is a fully non-linear bidimensional software working on a Macintosh microcomputer, taking advantage of the graphic user interface. Automatic meshing is performed by simple click...

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Plastic deformation of transparent crystals

A single dislocation pile-up was generated in a transparent crystal. Dislocation stresses were measured photoelastically. They were simulated numerically with two different methods. Altho...

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Numerical Modelling of Fast Crack Propagation

Finite differences numerical simulation of fast crack propagation in a brittle plastic is described. Rheological behaviour may be elastic, plastic, viscous, compressible, weighty. Plastic...

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Mechanical properties of composites, static and dynamic.

Deform 2D is a fully non-linear bidimensional software working on a Macintosh microcomputer, taking advantage of the graphic user interface. Automatic meshing is performed with a simple c...

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